Philipp Lamprecht
Email: philipp.lamprecht@ecipe.org
Office: +32 (0)2 289 1350 Mobile: +32 (0)487 181 243
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Areas of Expertise: WTO and Globalisation EU Trade Agreements Digital Economy
Philipp Lamprecht is Director at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) in charge of overseeing fundraising activities, in addition to his trade economist research work.
Before joining ECIPE, he worked as an External Consultant to the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate, specifically on a project analysing trade in services. He has also worked as a Senior Consultant of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on a variety of projects for the European Commission, including several Trade Sustainability Impact Assessments of EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations (DG Trade), and a EuropeAid project focusing on capacity building in the Caribbean region for the implementation of the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement. He has gained work experience at the European Commission’s DG Trade, working with trade negotiators on EU-Japan economic and trade relations. He is also a member of Tutwa Europe’s economic policy expert network.
He holds a PhD from the LSE with a specialization on International Political Economy. The PhD thesis, which he finished in 2014, lays a focus on economic diplomacy and bargaining power in international and multilateral trade negotiations. He holds a double master’s degree in International Relations from Sciences Po Paris and from the University of St. Gallen. He also studied Japanese Studies at the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies.
ECIPE Policy Briefs
Calling on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council: How to Deliver for the Planet and the Economy
This Policy Brief proposes the establishment of an agreement on conformity assessment between the EU and the US that covers machinery and electrical equipment. The initiative aims to increase the number of European and US conformity assessment bodies authorized to test and certify EU and US machinery and electrical equipment for exports into each other’s markets, without recognizing the equivalency or otherwise altering the product requirements in regulation,...
ECIPE Occasional Papers
The Economic Impacts of the Proposed EUCS Exclusionary Requirements: Estimates for EU Member States
The EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is proposing a far-reaching “European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services“ (EUCS) to be established in the European Union (EU). According to the latest draft of August 2023, leaked by Politico in September 2023, the proposed EUCS would by design prevent non-European vendors from providing “high assurance level” cloud services in the EU. In this study, we show that the proposed...
ECIPE Policy Briefs
The Economic Dividend of Competitiveness
In a world of technological and economic rivalry, the EU must devote increased attention to its competitiveness. Higher levels of competitiveness will help the EU build a more prosperous economy which will in turn produce innovation and resources to address the great challenges of our time. ECIPE published a study presenting a competitiveness compass with concrete policy recommendations that will improve EU’s competitiveness. These policy recommendations,...
ECIPE Occasional Papers
A Compass to Guide EU Policy in Support of Business Competitiveness
The EU agenda for improving competitiveness is missing in action. Economic competitiveness has been a central plank in the development of the European Union – a relentless quest for policies that lead to more prosperity and that make European companies in world markets more successful. However, since the end of the Lisbon Agenda in 2010, economic competitiveness seems to have fallen off the EU map. This Agenda had its flaws, but it rightly sought to make Europe...
Media Mention
Cybersecurity dei servizi cloud, per l’Italia in fumo 65 miliardi con i nuovi requisiti Eucs
The paper "The Economic Impacts of the Proposed EUCS Exclusionary Requirements" by Matthias Bauer and Philipp Lamprecht is referenced in an article...
Media Mention
VDMA and EU discuss how to deal with investments from China
A summary of the event on the future of EU-China investment relations with representatives from the European Commission and the European Parliament...
Media Mention
Brexit and Services Trade
Erik van der Marel, Philipp Lamprecht and Roderick Abbott comment in Euractiv on Brexit and services...
Media Mention
UK imports and exports will suffer from Brexit isolation
Rodrick Abbott, Erik van der Marel and Philipp Lamprecht comment on Brexit in...
Article
The urban legend of the EU’s digital economy reposted in Greek
Philipp Lamprecht and Oscar Guinea ECIPE blog post about the EU digital economy reposted by Greek newspaper,...
Article
Why the D9+ Group should provide stronger leadership in European digital policy
Oscar Guinea and Philipp Lamprecht published a blog post about EU digital competitiveness and the role for the D9+ countries for the Real Instituto...
Article
A European industrial policy for services: the Single Market
Philipp Lamprecht, Erik van der Marel & Oscar Guinea write about Industrial Policy for...
Article
ZPP and ECIPE discuss new efforts to create the Digital Single Market
Fredrik Erixon and Philipp Lamprecht comment on the questions of what are the key areas for digital change in the near future and how can Europe make...
Book or Paper
The Extraterritorial Impact of EU Digital Regulations: How Can the EU Minimise Adverse Effects for the Neighbourhood?
Second paper crafted in collaboration with Bertelsmann Stiftung under the "Sovereign Europe: Strategic Management of Global Interdependence" project...
Book or Paper
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and Its Border Effects: How Can Europe Become a Better Neighbour?
First paper crafted in collaboration with Bertelsmann Stiftung focusing on...
Book or Paper
New Regulations in Europe’s Digital Economy: Design, Structure, Trade and Economic Effects
ECIPE report on EU digital regulations published by the Confederations of Swedish...
Book or Paper
Are Services Sick? How Going Digital Can Cure Services Performance
Services make up the lion share of modern developed economies. But their productivity developments have often been lagging. In this study, we...
Speech or Presentation
The EU’s Position on the WTO Reform and what’s ongoing
Philipp Lamprecht's presentation to CAITEC, MOFCOM, during a seminar on the theme of “World Trade Organization Reform and China EU Cooperation”...
Speech or Presentation
Boosting Services Trade in the Digitalisation Era
Erik van der Marel and Philipp Lamprecht discuss how countries can reach and extend their digital services trade potential in a Webinar organised by...